| The oral examination: awesome or awful? | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 12388888 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Medical and surgical specialty boards are constantly striving to insure that those seeking certification in their specialty are adequately trained and sufficiently evaluated to guarantee the highest quality of patient care. One traditional component of the evaluation process, the oral examination, has been discontinued by some specialty boards but is still retained by most. A review of the history of the oral examination, combined with personal experiences of the author, suggests that this particular rite of passage may have outlived its usefulness in all but a few areas of medical specialization. Addressing the most pressing problems of patient mismanagement in the most visible area of practice, the hospital environment, requires that major emphasis be on the improvement of hospital practices rather than on doctors' qualifications. Only in this way can we ensure patient safety and restore patients' confidence in the care they receive and in the doctors responsible for administering it. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Allen B Weisse |
Related Documents
:
|
10052308 - Special medical examination program reform proposal in korea. 11234218 - Testing osteopathic medical school graduates for licensure: is comlex-usa the most appr... 6775338 - Nalorphine's effect under several schedules of electric shock titration. 16839538 - The role of meaning in past-tense inflection: evidence from polysemy and denominal deri... 19998448 - The use of medical information in nigeria: the influence of gender and status. 7396608 - Detecting unsuspected thyroid dysfunction by the free thyroxine index. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Perspectives in biology and medicine Volume: 45 ISSN: 0031-5982 ISO Abbreviation: Perspect. Biol. Med. Publication Date: 2002 |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2002-10-21 Completed Date: 2003-03-03 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0401132 Medline TA: Perspect Biol Med Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 569-78 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
New Jersey Medical School, Springfield, NJ 07081, USA. weissab@umdnj.edu |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Certification* Educational Measurement* Great Britain Humans Patient Satisfaction Specialty Boards* United States |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Evidence-based medicine, opinion-based medicine, and real-world medicine.
Next Document: The doctor and the "delta factor": Walker Percy and the dilemma of modern medicine.